cliff of tax hikes and huge spending cuts at year's end. president obama planned a statement on the economy at the white house tomorrow. and storm-weary residents of new york and new jersey went back to cleaning up, after surviving a nor'easter, in the wake of hurricane "sandy." and our science thursday story online is about storm warnings. hari sreenivasan explains. >> senivan: ke a hurricane, add a high pressure system and a cold front, tack on a full moon, and what do you get? a real forecasting challenge. meet the scientists and the supercomputer charged with predicting the course and strength of storms like sandy. and we get two takes on europe's debt crisis and one of its central figures-- the president of the european central bank. find that on our making sense page. all that and more is on our web site newshour.pbs.org. jeff? >> brown: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and david brooks, among others. tha